Construction and Engineering

Company Overview of Foster Wheeler AG

Company Overview

Foster Wheeler AG, through its subsidiaries, operates as an engineering, procurement, and construction contractor; and power equipment supplier worldwide. Its Global Engineering and Construction Group segment designs, engineers, and constructs onshore and offshore upstream oil and gas processing facilities; natural gas liquefaction facilities and receiving terminals; gas-to-liquids facilities; and oil refining, chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology facilities, as well as power generation, distribution, gasification, and processing facilities for metals and mining sector. This segment also designs carbon capture and storage, and solid fuel-fired integrated gasification...

Foster Wheeler AG, through its subsidiaries, operates as an engineering, procurement, and construction contractor; and power equipment supplier worldwide. Its Global Engineering and Construction Group segment designs, engineers, and constructs onshore and offshore upstream oil and gas processing facilities; natural gas liquefaction facilities and receiving terminals; gas-to-liquids facilities; and oil refining, chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology facilities, as well as power generation, distribution, gasification, and processing facilities for metals and mining sector. This segment also designs carbon capture and storage, and solid fuel-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle power plants, as well as coal-to-liquids, coal-to-chemicals, and biofuel facilities; and operates conventional and renewable source, and waste-to-energy power generation facilities. In addition, it offers project and construction management services; provides environmental remediation services; and designs and supplies fired heaters and waste heat recovery generators used in refinery, chemical, petrochemical, and oil and gas processes. The company’s Global Power Group segment designs, manufactures, and installs steam generators and auxiliary equipment, including surface condensers, feedwater heaters, coal pulverizers, steam generator coils and panels, biomass gasifiers, and replacement parts; nitrogen-oxide reduction systems and components; and flue gas desulfurization equipment. This segment also offers various site services; conducts research and development in the areas of combustion, fluid and gas dynamics, heat transfer, materials, and solid mechanics; and licenses technology to other steam generator suppliers. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. As of November 12, 2014, Foster Wheeler AG operates as a subsidiary of Amec Foster Wheeler plc.

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